Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-07-17

CHAPTER II.
"A bonnie lass cor Jenny was
An tie had bawbee. Song.
II the snug farm Of the Shocks had
been desirable on enterng-t was
more so in John Goddess eyes when he
reorctlullv viewed its attractions on
r,furuinQ 10 the village of Birly Brae.
As each of It's many fields and their
marks of order, thrift, and manage
,ncut were seen, John felt now keenly
his very unlooked-for disappointment.
pc had been so sure o: succeeding.
Truc. he had looked forward to lit
tie pressing on his part to overcome
his cousins shyncss, Women liked to
he cntreatcd. nnd John considered he
know all the peculiar ways OF wo-
men. But his cousin, the mistress
of tLc SHOCKS, bad not been shy. She
lad Lot even been angry. She had
been thoroughly cool and sef-Pos,,
,.sscd and, more than that, she had
LET Iohn see that she knew where the
attraction for him lay, which wasa very
lmobling position for John, and made
tbot good man quicken his steps and
Gloom anerlly when he thought OF 1t.
| Nr wouId nav back her scOrn, h. sad
and INST tLe; bright idea cane into
! Iohu's head, and II he had Sloomed
pucrilv minute before he smiled m,r-
rjly after he had made his mind mp on
q corrsc of action that he felt slre
would " do Tor ms proud cousin.
For John Goddes determined since
le WIS on the road home, dressed IN
/ lis SUNDAY "clacs," TO call on the
second LADY, he had fixed on as Il deslra-
| lc match Miss Bella Banks-dnd then
and there fix his fate. For Miss Banks
vos known to be the richest single lady
in the parish of BirIy Brae, and was
anxious enough, people said, to change
her name if a good match turned up :;
rnd WORTHY John considered himself n
yey good match, and was very angry
with himself for being so humble a the
Shocks. He determined not to iall
into the same error again, but rather TO
hold his head a bit higher than ordl-
nary. 80,
I'm nae bit toon chapple," SAID
Holm Geddts. 81 haze guld bit grun
~ my ain. forhye the horse an the
ncaeis an the siller at auld Charlie 8.
Not 10 sneak o myself, there's no man
in ,he uarish can bIinG thing again
my character | defy them. AS Tor
aGc-what's forty-tive She can add
some wears to that, it's weel kent; an
If I'm no mista'en she'll no n DOT WI a
n,id man. Men are no sac plentiful IN
Birly Brae.' =,
S9John Geddes took his way back
through the village, and then turned
aside to the little path that led to
Percy Lodge" the little cottage that
Miss Banks lived III, on the outskirts OF
Birly Brae village. &c.,,
Miss Bella Banks was the only child
of a grocer i'll Birly Brae, who by hard
work. much saving, and self-denlal,
had saved good penny. In her young
days Miss Bella had been the bloom
Of Birly Brae, and Johns earliest re-
membrane of her was as a plnk-and
white beauty in pink-and-whlte bon
NET. walking daintily up the aisle OF the
Vanish Kirk, when he, n staring, rost
less. small boy, used to think heI
dancing curls looked remarkably IKE
mahogany shavings. -.
Della being a youthful name, Mis-
Parks always liked it put after " Mss
Youth with her had never fled. Ii
her own estimation she had not los
the position OF belle of the village
I ike Queen Pess of good memory, SIT
vonld not grow old, and she spok'
most disdainfully of "plain-lookln'
women" Her dress was always Il
tLc latest fashion and as hand
some as Miss Bella Baaks coul'
of,o,d il to be. For Miss Bell
Parks had in her nature two quali
iies. which, both pulling different ways
kent her steady. She was eXceedlngl.
fond of display, aad she was exceeding
, w fond OF her money. The last guam
Nv had been a safeguard when tempte'
NV some fortune hunter, and had mad
Miss Bella look before she leaped. u
till row she had been fancy free,
she said, which meant that Miss BANK
cynected 10 find a good ono among tn.
I'm, .icbers for old Andrew Banks
, Honest John Geddes, with his tw
hundred acres and homely ways, was
I;ttle below the lady in position. bu
in thinking over his "chances, Jon
came to the conclusion that II MIS-
Ranks was vain she was shrewd, an
would not lightly throw away goo
o offer. r. !,
: uull no ia DOT wi dacent chap lk
. me IN warrant" said John, as he pul
-; cd himself up to his six feet and ran
= the bell OF Percy Lodge.
Soon he was shown into the goo
ladv's oyercrowded little drawlnl
room. that, with its snowy iinery' iaT r
: took away honest Johns breath, n
= carefnlly stepped round two little table
. covered with nick-nacks. Then
Sound n Good armchair that seemed
. soSer seat for Johns stout figure tha
= the dainty small ones covered Win 81
Q me blinds were little up, yet jon
. .houobt the room looked dark, anu
. res rather startled by voice screai
nc ont after he had entered the room
: IA man. q man Put HIM out
= man-ho q man r..
u A. last he found the voice came iro :
- GRAY parrot on perch at tae vi
. dow, and he shook his ciencnea n Is
3 :, Int that only made the BIRD lael
70 IN an unearthly voice and go on GYM GYM
Il ~ III 80" ;nformation to the neighbc
. hood Il had before given /;
= y "A man Tho mani ru' ~
o out 1910. Jobn's co
(, COLI Il was the insane screaming VI "
:, oar,ot II he had not been so oehs :,
tecnring a good tocher, and 50 as,
IS ,a;ned on putting his best loot io aa,sS
he might almost have been Temps, r;sk
70 10 ,p;no It's neck, and even have lis =
y w Me- Banks catching him dong H. =, :
y i h determination 70 succs s:,oa - !
9 have been great, for he s aa;.s -
- ~ HIT boV when H.